Failing a unit due to extreme circumstances

Applying for Withdrawn Incomplete (WI)

If you receive a fail grade of N or WN for not completing a unit assessment, due to extreme circumstances beyond your control, you can apply to have the grade altered to WI (withdrawn incomplete). Unlike other fail grades, a WI will not be included in your Grade Point Average (GPA) or Weighted Average Mark (WAM).

To apply:

apply in writing to your managing faculty within 20 University working days of the day your result is published

provide evidence that your circumstances were extreme and either:

arose during the withdrawn fail period or later

did not have their full impact until the start of the withdrawn fail period or later

prevented you from withdrawing from the unit before the withdraw fail period.

Acceptable reasons include:

serious illness requiring hospitalisation

death of an immediate family member

obligations to emergency or military service

extreme circumstances of similar severity.

Acceptable evidence includes:

record of hospital admission

police reports

notification of obligations to emergency or military service.

Your faculty will assess your application and notify you of the result. If successful in your application, you will need to re-enrol in the unit in order to pass it.